Le Grand Jeu
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Le Grand Jeu is a surrealist literary work by French poet Benjamin Péret, notable for its experimental, dreamlike imagery and radical break from conventional narrative.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
surrealist work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge bourgeois literary conventions
ⓘ
liberate imagination ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French avant-garde literature
ⓘ
Parisian surrealist circles ⓘ |
| author | Benjamin Péret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered an important surrealist text ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
psychic automatism
ⓘ
spontaneity ⓘ |
| genre |
Poetry
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Surrealist literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
NERFINISHED
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Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ early Surrealist manifestos ⓘ |
| languageRegister | experimental ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
oneiric sequences
ⓘ
startling metaphors ⓘ unexpected juxtapositions ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeOfRepresentation |
anti-realist
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imagistic ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
associative
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dreamlike imagery
ⓘ
experimental imagery ⓘ radical break from conventional narrative ⓘ |
| opposes |
realist description
ⓘ
traditional narrative coherence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Benjamin Péret’s surrealist oeuvre ⓘ |
| structure |
fragmented
ⓘ
non-plot-driven ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
dreams
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subversion of rationality ⓘ unconscious mind ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
automatic writing
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free association ⓘ |
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